Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee v. Oak Ridge FM, Inc.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 17, 2013No. E2010-01685-SC-R11-CVPublished

1Concurrence

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,

concurring.

I concur with the Court’s decision to apply the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing to the three contracts involved in this case. I also concur with the Court’s decision that neither party is entitled to a summary judgment because the current record reflects genuine disputes regarding the facts material to their claims and defenses. However, because there is no consensus regarding the scope of the implied *673duty of good faith and fair dealing in the context of arm’s length commercial transactions, I write separately to address this important point.

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  2. EBC I, Inc. v. Goldman, Sachs & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. Planters Gin Co. v. Federal Compress & Warehouse Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Brunswick Hills Racquet Club, Inc. v. Route 18 Shopping Center AssociatesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2005

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